Limited resection of pancreatic cancer in high-risk patients can result in a second primary

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
² Department of Visceral, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
³ Department of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.

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T P Potjer et al. Gut. 2015 Aug.

. 2015 Aug;64(8):1342-4.

doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2015-309568. Epub 2015 Apr 2.

¹ Department of Clinical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
² Department of Visceral, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
³ Department of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.

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Keywords: CANCER SYNDROMES; PANCREATIC CANCER; PANCREATIC SURGERY; SURGICAL RESECTION; SURVEILLANCE.

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International Cancer of the Pancreas Screening (CAPS) Consortium summit on the management of patients with increased risk for familial pancreatic cancer.
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